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maldkirk, wapentake of Gilling West,
7 miles N. W. from Romaldkirk*

Upleatham, N. R. (2) a parish
and tpwnship in the wapentake of Lang-
barugh, 3 miles N. E. from Guisbo-
rough ; inhabitants, 239; a perpetual
curacy; patron, the Archbishop of
York. Upleatham Hall is the seat of
the Dowager Lady Dundas. The vil-
lage is pleasantly situated on the south-
ern declivity of a hill, and commands
an agreeable view of Shelton Castle,
and the beautiful vale below.

Upper Mill, W. R. (7) a hamlet
in the township of Quick, parish of
Rochdale, Lancashire, wapentake of
Agbrigg,
1 mile S. E. from Dobcross;
fair, June 13.

Upper Thorpe, W. R. (8) a ham-
let in the township of Nether Hallam,
parish of Sheffield, wapentake of Straf-
forth and Tickhill,
1 mile N. W. from
Sheffield.

Upsall, N. R. (2) a township in
the parish of South Kilviugton, wapen-
take of Birdforth, 4 miles N. from
Thirsk; inhabitants, 118. The ancient
family of the Scropes of Masham had a
castle here ; the little that remains has
been converted into a farm-house and
offices.

Upsall, East and West, N. R.
(2) a township in the parish of Ormsby,
wapentake of Langbarugh, 5§ miles W.
from Guisborough; inhabitants, 16.

Upsland, N. R. (5) a hamlet in
the township and parish of Kirkling-
ton, wapentake of Haliikeld,
6 miles
N. from Ripon.

Upton, E. R. (6) a township with
Drinkhoe and Brough, in the parish
of Skipsea, wapentake of Holderness,
6 miles N. from Hornsea; inhabi-
tants, 170.

Upton, N. R. (2) a hamlet in the
township and parish of Easington, wa-
take of Langbarugh,
8t§ miles N. E.
from Guisborough.

Upton, W. R. (8) a township in the
parish of Badsworth, wapentake of Os-
goldcross,
6 miles S. from Pontefract;
inhabitants, 184.

Ure, N. R. (1) a river, which takes
its rise at Lady's Pillar, in a region that
forms the boundary between Yorkshire
and Westmoreland, and about five miles
to the south of the source of the Swale;
collecting many tributary streams, in
its eastern course through the beautiful
valley of Wensley Dale, about three
miles below Masham, it becomes the
boundary between the North and West
Ridings, till it reaches the vicinity of
Ripon, whence it makes a circuit of a
few miles into the West Riding; it then
again separates the two Ridings, and
after receiving the Swale at Myton,
continues its course till, about six
miles below Boroughbridge, it takes
the name of Ouse: from the rapidity
of the stream, and its numerous wa-
terfalls in Wensley Dale, all prospect
of navigation above Ripon ceases.

Urescote, or Yoroscote, N. R.
(
1) a hamlet in the township of Low
Abbotside, parish of Aysgarth, wapen-
take of Hang West, 1 mile W. from
Askrigg.

Utley, W. R. (4) a hamlet in the
township and parish of Keighley, wa-
pentake of Staincliffe, 1 mile N. from
Keighley.

V.

Viewly Hill, N. R. (2) a hamlet
in the township and parish of Thornton
le Street, wapentake of Allertonshire,
4 miles N. from Thirsk.

Views, W. R. (8) a hamlet in the
township of Worsborough, parish of
Darfield, wapentake of Staincross, 1§
mile S. E. from Barnsley.

Visit, W. R. (8) a hamlet in the
township and parish of Hemsworth,
wapentake of Staincross,
6 miles N. E.
from Barnsley.

W.

Waddington, W. R. (4) a town-
ship in the parish of Mitton, wapen-




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